St. George trip July 7-9th 2011.

We took a girls' trip to St. George for the weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. This is Maddi and Evy at the restaurant Poncho and Lefty's. We tried fried ice cream with caramel and I must say I am a fan.

After dinner we walked around the temple. Holly, Sami, Allie, Evy, Maddi and Kate. It was overcast so we weren't super hot.

Evy at the temple.

We went to the Tuacahn to see The Little Mermaid. We were worried about the weather the whole time but it looked really nice once we showed up. About 30 minutes into the show, during the storm scene, it started pouring rain. Everyone was confused what was actual lightening and thunder vs. the music. The lightening looked awesome against the red rocks. Luckily it wasn't cold.

Everyone ran and took cover where they could until they told us whether the play would continue or not. Obviously it wasn't so we left. As we drove, we noticed the gutters and streets were overflowing with water. People that had parked on the streets near our hotel had a hard time getting in their cars without water rushing in. They refunded the money but we were bummed we didn't get to see it.

Everyone under the pavilion during the storm.

Kate passing Evy some goldfish during our drive. Notice Kate's tan arm on the right compared to Evy's white arm on the left.

Kate's eating a ding dong in the right hand and powdered donut in the left. Priceless.

Sami and Evy on the slide.

Evy's really into popsicles.

July 4th weekend

July 1st we went to the Cache Valley airport for a BBQ. Nelson's coworker at the lab owns a plane and rents a hangar. He threw a party at his hangar so everyone could watch the fireworks at Utah State afterwards.


The BBQ at the hangar.


Evy

On July 2nd Nelson's family came up for the Logan Cruise In on Main street. We got KFC and they gave us no plates or silverware. Lame.

Our niece and nephew Amanda and Chase

Cruise in. Nelson said this makes him want to remodel a car. Oy. I said no way. Get me a 3 or 4 car garage first.

This was Karlene's absolute favorite. She also loves anything with hydraulics.

Connie and Evy. Evy kept stealing Connie's diet coke under the chair.

On the 4th of July we went to the Lewiston City parade.

It was full of rodeo queens and of course taffy.

We were geniuses and locked ourselves out of the house before we went to the parade. Two hours later, our locksmith came and we finally got in. The locksmith gave us a coupon to come get 2 free keys made so we wouldn't lock ourselves out again. Ha ha. Later that night we went to dinner and then bought a few fireworks to show Evy. She loved them of course.

Payson Lakes June 24-26, 2011

Every year we try to go camping with our friends the Camblins. We usually go with them to Flaming Gorge, but we went with them to Payson Lakes this year instead. Nelson's parents Gene and Karlene also camped up the road from us. Then Nelson's brother Darren and his kids came up Saturday-Sunday. I can't believe we haven't been more often since it isn't that far from where we grew up. The first night Evy kept us up ALL night. We went crazy and Nelson declared we were "never camping again." Ya right. The next night, we squeezed Evy's port-a-crib in the tent and she slept like a dream.


Nelson was thrilled to use his camp chef. Seriously, he really loves that thing.

Nelson braved the cold and we all braved his farmer tan. Taggert loves the water and jumps in the first chance he can get. He was so annoying though because he comes out of the water and shakes right next to all of us.

Nelson and Taggert

Bekah, Linley, Claire, Ella, Halle and Lee. Halle caught a fish.

Gene, Wendy, Tony and Hunter. This is right where Taggert would get all muddy and then shake himself off.

Nelson's raft he bought for $1 at a garage sale. We kept waiting for that thing to pop while he was in the middle of the lake, but alas, it never did.

I'm not sure he's a "yellow" lab.

Nelson floating the kids around the shore.

Grandma Karlene entertaining Evy with the ipad. Gene and Karlene just got this new trailer for camping.

Darren, Linley and Sawyer roasting weiners. Linley was exciting for her first campout.

Our nephew Sawyer

I had to take the marshmallows away because Evy was obsessed.

Linley reading her baby book to Evy.

Lee and Bekah's kids: Claire, Ella and Halle, then Evy of course. Notice the burnt chair in the background that accidentally blew in the fire. Lovely.

Summer so far

Nelson treated himself to a bike and rides it to work as much as he can.


We went to Lava Hot Springs for the day. Gene, Karlene, Aunt Karen and Uncle Rick camped there for the weekend.

Evy likes to go to parks

Nelson planted a garden in the empty lot behind us. We have secondary water and he's thrilled about that.

So far, we have played at the cabin.


We finally got a driveway.


Pretty rainbow outside our house (since it rained ALL of May)


Taggert and Evy like to take walks along the canal by our house.

I finally found a kids camping chair at Smithfield Implement (A cowboy/camper/gardener dream store in these here parts) and Evy is obsessed with it.

Evy made a friend at the McFarland family reunion. (An older kid let her take home a water balloon and of course it exploded all over her the second we got in the car.)

Leaving PCMC May 13, 2011

I finally got a job at Logan Regional Hospital. My time of commuting is over. I really liked my job, so this was hard for me. I have worked at PCMC for 8 years and Riverton Hospital pediatric unit since October. It is the same staff at both places, we work at Primary's some shifts and Riverton the others. My last shift was at Riverton. This is our view which was so refreshing because the view from PCMC was either the city or the U Hospital parking lot.


This was after a graveyard shift. This is Katie and me.

Kristin, Holly and Candy

Dusti, Annie, Jonelle and Marielle.

Holly, Aimee, Stephanie

Holly, Michelle, Aimee

I cried as I left of course. Mostly this is because there were so many fun people that I worked with. The majority of the staff were around my age and going through similar things in life. It was like high school but without all the crap. It took me a long time to get to know so many people there, as there are tons of employees at PCMC. It honestly took forever to know who worked in radiology, housekeeping, ENT clinic and so forth. The other reason I was sad is because I thought, where would I be if I had never worked here? It helped me to reach higher goals and become a better version of myself. I am grateful for this opportunity in my life and excited for my new adventure in Logan. As Sue Hittle, our trusty clerk, told me "This is how we grow." How right she is.

Mother's Day

My mother-in-law made each of her daughters and daughters-in-law an apron for mother's day. Pretty cute eh? I guess this will force me to bake.